A euphoric Uruguayan player at Turkish top flight side Kasimpasa was quickly sent crashing back down to earth when his goal celebrations were cut short by a fan stealing his shirt.

Pablo Cesar Cabral (topless) should have been more attentive to this fan (Picture: YouTube / LigTV)

Journeyman Pablo Cesar Cabral had made the points safe to maintain his team’s red-hot early season form but his decision to celebrate by going topless came back to haunt him when fans attempted to snatch the shirt from his grasp.

He escaped that attempted robbery but was not as lucky seconds later when a cheeky youngster pretended he wanted to congratulate Cabral on the pitch, only to disappear with his no.21 top.

Scenes then descended into a farce when the item was chucked into the crowd and another young fan, admittedly with some hesitancy, moved away from the stewards.

Peace was eventually restored but, after seeing this incident, Premier League players angry at getting booked for taking off their shirt might be left thinking: ‘things could be far worse’.